Secret Friends

Chapter Six

The Plan

Kagome and everyone else ended up spending the night in the village.

It was Miroku's idea. He claimed that there was an evil spirit hanging over the richest house that can only be gone from excersism, which he did and only asked for a stay in the village with his friends until the morning.

It was night in the village. Everyone had just finished eating and was ready to go to bed.

Kagome wanted to sneak out and go see Bankotsu but the problem was that Inuyasha hadn't gone to sleep yet. He was eying her very closely to see if she would get up and go off on her own again.

She looked over to see eyes were closed. Kagome was certain Inuyasha was asleep.

She quietly crept out of the hut she and everyone else shared.

When Kagome got out, she ran as fast as she could to the forest.

Bankotsu was over there, looking impatient.

He smiled when Kagome came.

"I thought you weren't going to show up," Bankotsu said to Kagome.

Kagome sat down. "Yea, well Inuyasha just wouldn't fall asleep and I had to wait until then," she explained to Bankotsu.

"Bankotsu, I did what you told me to do."

"Huh?"

"Remember, you said to tell me to sit Inuyasha when he was on a roof.

Bankotsu nodded. "Uh huh."

"So I did."

"How did you get him to go up there?"

"I told him I wanted to talk."

"Did he fall painfully or not?"

Bankotsu wanted to know.

"It wouldn't have been so painful if his face wasn't still so sore from the burn."

"So then it was, right?"

"I guess you can say that."

"Good for him."

Bankotsu laughed.

"Hey Bankotsu, what do you do when I'm not around?"

"I wait until its night for you to show up."

"Really?!"

"Of course not, I have a life."

Kagome looked disappointed.

"So what do you do?"

"I go to the village, kill some people, drink some sake, eat, walk around, all that."

"Kill people? Bankotsu, you know that there is no reason to kill innocent people."

"I'm a mercenary. That's my reason."

"Well…I guess I can't stop you."

"No you can't."

Kagome sighed. Then she looked up into the sky.

"Bankotsu, aren't the stars so beautiful?"

"They're just stars."

"Yeah but in my time, you can't really see them all clear and bright like these because of the street lights."

"Really?"

"Really."

"What's it like in your time Kagome?"

"Well, in my time, there are tall buildings and houses. It might seem pretty cool to you but it's nothing compared to here. There are no forests in my time and you can hardly even see the stars. And there aren't any demons there either."

"No demons, what happened to them?"

"I don't know, they probably all died out."

"Kagome, do you think I could ever go to your time?"

"You want to go to my time?"

"Its only fair, you've already seen mines."

Kagome smiled.

"Okay, but how? I mean I'm sure you can get through because of your sacred jewel shards, but what will I tell Inuyasha and the other Bankotsu?"

"Don't worry Kagome, I have a plan."